"We should aim for our children to be good people, and to live ethical lives that manifest concern for others as well as for themselves."

-- Peter Singer

#Children Quotes #People Quotes #Ethical Quotes

“Fight only in direst need Not for lust or petty greed Honor those that do give birth Respect them well for their full worth”

Source : Anne McCaffrey, Todd McCaffrey (2012). “Dragon Harper”, p.104, Random House
“But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.”

Source : Andrew Jackson (1837). “Messages ...: With a Short Sketch of His Life”, p.436
“According to the Buddha's teaching the beginning of the life-stream of living beings is unthinkable. THe believer in the creation of life by God may be astonished at this reply. But if you were to ask him 'What is the beginning of God?' he would answer without hesitation 'God has no beginning', and he is not astonished at his own reply.”

Source : Walpola Rahula (2014). “What the Buddha Taught”, p.32, Oneworld Publications
“I think time is a constraint to destroy and then reinvent. If you give me a constraint, I'll accept it. But I always try to move it around, or to readapt it. Ecco! If you lock me in a room, well I'll go out through the window! I always remember Achille Castiglioni, one of my mentors, and he always said that in industrial design you have the idea, the fantasy, the concepts - that's the marmalade! - but the constraint of the brief is the bread. You need both in order to find structure for your ideas.”
“Unrest of spirit is a mark of life.”

Source : The Week, October 16, 1958.
“The human mind has an infinite capacity for self-deception.”
“It was hard to watch, the business side is so big in the game.”
“It is often hard to bear the tears that we ourselves have caused.”

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